Kagari Miyoshi

Biography

• 1977
  Graduated from University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Department of Philosophy
  Studied under lacquer artist Ei Sasaki
• 1995
  Japanese Studio Crafts Exhibition at Victoria & Albert Museum (London)
  Evaluator at the 52nd East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (also in '95, '12, '19 and '22)
• 1996
  "Rainbows and Shimmering Bridges: Contemporary Japanese Lacquerware" Exhibition in New York and Denver
• 2000
  Japanese Contemporary Urushi Art Exhibition (Amsterdam)
• 2001
  Solo Exhibition "Geneology of Colored Shells" at Homma Museum of Art
• 2004
  Became emerging artist overseas trainee sent by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and stayed in London as a visiting researcher at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and in Ravenna and Florence, Italy
• 2006
  Judge at the Kanagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition (also in '06, '16 and '22)
• 2016
  Submitted to the "Asian Lacquer Craft Exchange Progam" (also in '15, '16 and '18)
• 2017
  Invited to submit to the Mokichi Okada Award Exhibition at the MOA Museum of Art
• 2019
  "Decorative Arts in Meiji and Heisei - Crafting Beauty and Technique Across 150 Years" at the Museum of Modern Greek Culture, Athens
• 2020
  "Japanese Lacquerwork 2020" at the Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum (Kanazawa)
  "Urushi in Harmony – Wind, Flowers and Light" Exhibition at Ginza Wako (Tokyo)

Awards

• 1987
  Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the 4th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2008
  Received the MOA Museum of Art Award at the 25th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2016
  Received the Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Crafts Center Award at the 33th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2019
  Received the Excellence Award (NHK Chairman Award) at the 66th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Public Collections

• National Crafts Museum
• Victoria and Albert Museum (London)
• Rijksmuseum(Amsterdam)
• Homma Museum of Art
• The Japan Foundation
• Ise Foundation etc.